UMBC men fall; Mount women win

Sa’eed Nelson scored 18 points, Sam Iorio added 11, including a go-ahead 3 with 1.5 seconds left, and American University men’s basketball rallied to beat host UMBC, 73-69, on Saturday.

UMBC tied it on Max Curran’s layup with 11 seconds left before Iorio hit his wide-open 3 from the wing. UMBC turned it over on its next possession, and Nelson sealed it at the line.

Stacy Beckton Jr. added 14 points with four 3-pointers for the Eagles (3-1), who made 13 of 30 3-pointers and shot 50 percent.

Curran’s dunk put the Retrievers up by 10 points early in the second half, but the Eagles rallied on an 11-3 run and Beckton’s 3 tied it at 46 with 12:35 to go. Nelson’s 3 capped a 10-2 run for a 62-57 American lead with 5:27 to play. Curran scored 20 points and Brandon Horvath had 14 for UMBC (4-3). K.J. Jackson had nine assists.

UMES 77, CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA 52: Ryan Andino scored 26 points on seven 3-pointers and the host Hawks (1-5) beat the USCAA Division II Knights (2-2). 77-52 on Saturday.

AJ Cheeseman added 20 points with four rebounds and three assists and Ahmad Frost had 10 points and three boards for the Hawks (1-5).

The Hawks shot 48 percent from the field overall compared to 34 percent for Central Penn. The Knights took 29 shots from beyond the arc but made only nine of them (24 percent).